The Equifax breach: What lesson will other companies learn?

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, Sept. 13:

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You can brand Equifax as the new Yahoo, the new Target or the new Sony - but that would be glaring understatement. The damage wrought by the hacking of Equifax is bigger and broader than in those previous data breaches. And so, expect Equifax to forever wear the hairshirt of corporate catastrophe.

Equifax likely will survive but will pay a stiff, lasting